SACRAMENTO — Today, California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson issued the following statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s State of the State letter and pre-recorded video:

“Gavin Newsom has been an absolute disaster for our state whose main accomplishment is putting us at the top of all the wrong lists while refusing to take any accountability. It’s no wonder he chose the coward’s way out by giving a pre-recorded message 99 days late rather than face Californians in a live address. Instead of daydreaming about the White House and scheming up new ways to take voters’ rights away, make California more expensive and make our streets less safe, Newsom should take a look in the mirror and realize he and the Democrats are the cause of countless hardships for Californians throughout our state. The state of our state is struggling under Democrats’ failed one-party rule, but California Republicans will never stop fighting to turn California around.”